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... The castle was destroyed in the 18th century but restored in the early 20th century by a member of the MacRae family, who owned. The granddaughter of this couple still owns the castle. There were no plans or historical documents of the original castle, but McRae had a vision of what it should look like. Later, historical documents were found confirming that in all essential details, the restoration ...

... We may see it Friday when we return. We arrived in Plockton at about 4:30, so I have a nice break before dinner at 7. I am settled into my B&B, a smaller place, only Cheryl and I are staying here, the others are elsewhere. So, it will be very quiet. Plockton is delightful, I'll get pictures before I leave. Dusk is very early, we are so far north now, and with the heavy cloud cover, too dark for nice ...

... Mountains in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William. We have a slight accident here - Graeme and I decide to have our photo taken by one of our coach buddies and he climbs up on the ledge and I give him my hand to climb up also. I have one foot up and have pulled myself up and he loses my grip and down I go with a very painful thump! No broken bones but I have a lovely black bruised hip! We head on into Fort ...

... on the tombstones were very eloquent and it was a wonderful setting. Helen then took us to a broch. Dave and I had no idea what this was, so we were intrigued after she told us what it was. Dun Beag is a broch, one of around five hundred to be found across mainly the north and west of Scotland. Brochs were built in the last centuries BC and the first centuries AD. So, they're older than castles. We walked up a fairly steep hill in some pretty dramatic winds, ...

... to me as "wee little *******s", and they really are! They’re smaller than flies, just a small insect whose bite really hurts. So I was running around the car park trying to get away from them, until they finally thinned out up the mountain a bit. The funny thing was, I had been bitten quite a bit but they didn’t mark my skin, however Evan’s skin broke out in little red dots everywhere.